2/18/09-2/19/09

2/18/09
More classes today. They had heavy rain last night and some sprinkles today while they were marching. Now they are cleaning again. He had BBQ spareribs for dinner tonight and said that they were pretty good. He is ready to go back to Hopper's BBQ. He got weighed today and is down another 4 lbs. They are going to be in the field all day tomorrow so that means MRE's and field chow. They are working on land navigation. Fireguard duty again tonight, but it's at the beginning of the night so he should at least get some sleep after. That's it for the night.

2/19/09
Today was a busy, long, hard day. They got a map and compass and were sent into a forest and had to find numbered poles. While in full battle gear. They walked over 4 miles. When they got back to the barracks they ad to disassemble everything (beds, lockers, everything). It was very cold in the morning and Chuck was a little under dressed, so he was chilled. He got my letter about our phone call and said that he knew that wasn't 7 minutes, but the platoon leader at the time was running it. He is fired already so Chuck said no sense in saying anything. He thinks that they are on their 11Th platoon leader and it's been 5 weeks. It is 9pm and they are still cleaning so they are going to have to stay up late to finish. They had 2 guys try to leave today and they got in trouble. The other troop had 6 go AWOL. 2 made it out, and were walking down the road when a Captain pulled up next to them to pick them up. Time for bed, so that's it.
I will be everyone up to date.
Thanks,
Nel